| Product Evaluations has the mix of capabilities to give you market insights that make a
profitable difference to your business. Operator relationships, extensive databases and food-away-from-home
expertise combine with research science to deliver real world solutions. |
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Innovation Process |
Integrate Product Evaluations' Innovation Process to be assured that your new products meet rigorous
standards set by your strategies and by your discerning customers -while achieving regular launches and
creating efficiencies across your new product budget! |
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Category Evaluations |
Whether you are exploring new categories or expanding an existing business, your strategies benefit from
an in-depth knowledge of the category, competitors and market dynamics. Our process uses rigorously tested
survey science and methodologies, coupled with extensive trending/scale norms and our proprietary volume
forecasting models to fill information gaps and let you make important business building decisions with
confidence. |
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Idea Generation |
Proactively build your idea pipeline with Product Evaluations' Idea Generation program. Product Evaluations'
unique process surfaces marketplace needs and shapes product solutions with input from the foodservice supply
chain. |
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Concept Refinement |
Put more muscle behind your good ideas! Utilizing a variety of tools, Product Evaluations process adds
dimension and customer input to optimize your concept with regard to: marketing/positioning, competitor
identity & differentiation, customer usage/application, and product/packaging/delivery criteria. |
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Concept Evaluations |
Focus on the best new product opportunities. Product Evaluations will test your ideas and benchmark them
against normative foodservice scores that have been established over the past decade. Proritize by sales
potential, strategic fit and operator interest to identify winning concepts. |
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Product Evaluations |
Feel confident that your new or existing product wins against competitors in the marketplace. Since 1971,
Product Evaluations has been testing products and building a database of product diagnostic norms with patrons
and foodservice operators to create preferred products and improve performance of existing products. |
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Customer Feedback |
Listen to your customers to help create brand, product or business strategies, develop your image and
increase performance. The Product Evaluations process integrates your customers' perspective with your
business plan to create market driven solutions. |